Trump tweeted that the night was a “tremendous success.” And from his vantage point, it was.

The massive repudiation of Trump that Democrats hoped for simply didn’t happen. In fact, in many states where Trump campaigned hard for Republicans, it seems the opposite occurred. He focused throughout the campaign on saving the Senate for the GOP, and it appears his efforts paid off.

And while House Democrats can now go forward with impeachment if they like, Trump is buffered by a Republican Senate that would never convict him.

Notably, the Democratic candidates who received the most national attention and fanfare lost or are on track to lose. In Georgia, even appearances by Oprah Winfrey and former president Barack Obama don’t seem to have gotten gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams across the finish line. And O’Rourke, who reached almost rock-star status (Beyoncé posed on Instagram Tuesday wearing a Beto hat!), couldn’t overtake Cruz in the end.

“The White House should drag it out, bog it down, take the momentum away and make it go on forever,” said Gingrich. He also encouraged conservatives to foster what he believes would be counter-productive impeachment talk among Democrats. “Make it the speaker’s problem, make her deal with the nutty wing of her party.”

He says 'nutty', I say 'crazy' - we may be able to find a compromise here.

If I were in charge, there would be no more handing out of microphones to these people. They'd have to come up to the stationary mic once recognized, and that woman would have a button to turn off the mic when their turn is over.

Apparently there’s a good chance that the new Speaker will not be Pelosi but rather Maxine Waters. If nothing else the next two years could get really entertaining—in a watching a train wreck kind of way.

Donald J. Trump
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We are pleased to announce that Matthew G. Whitaker, Chief of Staff to Attorney General Jeff Sessions at the Department of Justice, will become our new Acting Attorney General of the United States. He will serve our Country well....

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Ding dong 4D is dead.
Hidden, ulterior plan revealed as hokum.
No foolproof plan to hold the House.
Kabuki theater only in some people’s imagination.
Left on the table and the field:
Wiretapping, FIDA warrants illegally obtained,
False dossier paid for by Clinton, emails of a plan to take down Trump and stop him from winning and then upend his presidency.
No warrants for arrest, no perp walks, no indictments of Dem
Stock market loves the midterm results.
My sweetest moment:
Take down of 4 Dem senators because of their egregious vote against Kavanaugh.
Revenge is sweet.
Not calling that Georgia Governor race - the low point.

OK, so the argument that Trump would not declassify before the midterms because he would be charged with obstruction is now history, and Sessions is out. The other problem with declassification was that our "allies" would be compromised. I say, let them. Let's see the evidence!!

Seriously, I think Trump just went on the offensive against muh Russia. And he’s got two months to get it going. The Dems have to wait until January and by then who knows how much the kraken (if there is one) will have changed the narrative.

I hope I am wrong about everything and this is not a national suicide. But Acosta and the other journalists in the White House press corp are the kind of kids who grew up thinking they were the smartest in school until the nerdiest kid won a scholarship to MIT or Harvard, and they got one to Missouri or Columbia Journalism School.

The MIT kid goes on to invent a cure for cancer, and the journalist goes on to assault a press aide in the White House.